Gayatri Joshi गायत्री जोशी
Born	Gayatri Joshi. March 20, 1977 (1977-03-20) (age 32) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Years active	2004 - present
Spouse(s)	Vikas Oberoi (27 August 2005 - present)

Gayatri Joshi (Marathi: गायत्री जोशी born March 20, 1977 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India) is a model turned Bollywood actress. Her first and only film, is the 2004 released, Swades.

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Career 1.3 Personal life 2 Filmography 3 Awards 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Biography

Originally her family is Marathi.

[edit] Early life

She began her modeling career in 1996 while still in college. She studied at the JB Vachha High School in Dadar in Central Mumbai and Mt. Carmel High School when she was in Nagpur.

[edit] Career

She was one of the final five candidates in the 1999 Femina Miss India beauty pageant, and was crowned Sony Entertainment Channel's My Miss India-voted by viewers, and was chosen to represent India at the 2000 Miss International event in Japan. She has worked as an advertising model in addition to making appearances in several music videos: She appeared in music videos of Jagjit Singh’s Kaghaz Ki Kashti and Hansraj Hans’ Jhanjaria.

While she was still in college, she modeled for Bombay Dyeing, Philips, Ponds, Godrej, Sunsilk, LG as well as the Hyundai ad with Shahrukh Khan. She has also modeled for Seasons Catalogue and Calendar during 2001.

She made her Bollywood debut in December 2004 in Ashutosh Gowarikar’s film Swades opposite Shahrukh Khan. The film did not do commercially well but her performance and acting capabilities were praised immensely by the critics.

[edit] Personal life

She got engaged to Vikas Oberoi on 23 June 2005 in Las Vegas. They married in Mumbai on 27 August 2005. Present during the wedding were Isha Koppikar, Twinkle Khanna (Akshay Kumar, who is Vikas Oberoi's friend, could not attend as he was filming in Canada), Bhushan and Kishen Kumar of T-Series, Rakesh Roshan and Abbas-Mastan.^[1]

She gave birth to a baby boy, named Vihaan on 1 September 2006. She also gave birth to a second baby boy on 27 May 2008.

[edit] Filmography

• Swades (2004) ... Gita/Gitlee
• Dream Time(2009)... Sheera

[edit] Awards

• 2005, Bollywood Movie Awards, Best Female Debut, Swades.
• 2005, Star Screen Award Most Promising Newcomer - Female, Swades.
• 2005, Zee Cine Award Best Female Debut, Swades.
• 2005, Global Indian Film Awards, Best Newcomer, Swades

• 2005, WALLPAPER, MOVIE, JOKES, SMS, RINGTONES, ETC VISIT HTTP://WWW.FUN24U.COM, BEST ACTOR

[edit] References

1. ^ Gayatri Joshi ties the knot : Bollywood News : ApunKaChoice.Com

[edit] External links

• Gayatri Joshi at the Internet Movie Database
• Swades - aesthetics and hermeneutics of Gîtâ's gaze YouTube playlist (edited & compiled by Sunthar Visuvalingam)